Wilson

HW Application Design – Technical Specialist

📍 Scarborough, Ontario 
💲 $65–$76/hour | 40 hours per week
📅 Contract: March 16, 2026 – March 12, 2027

Are you a seasoned hardware design expert with deep railway signaling experience? We’re hiring a HW Application Design – Technical Specialist to support a leading global rail technology and signaling organization delivering mission-critical transit solutions across North America.

This role is ideal for a subject matter expert who thrives on solving complex engineering challenges, leading technical decisions, and supporting large-scale transit infrastructure projects in both greenfield and brownfield environments.

What You’ll Be Doing

🔧 Technical Leadership & Hardware Design

• Produce complex hardware application designs, bookwirings, and equipment designs aligned with railway signaling engineering principles.

• Serve as a technical authority across multiple projects and act as a key liaison with customers.

• Interpret and author traceable requirements from high-level customer system designs down to detailed engineering outputs.

• Develop technical design specifications, Scope of Works (SoWs), and RFQs.

• Ensure compliance with industry standards such as CENELEC and AREMA.

• Apply strong knowledge of:

  • SelTrac signal plans and radio equipment

  • Railway infrastructure, trackside assets, and equipment room deployments

• Use CAD tools such as MicroStation and AutoCAD to deliver accurate, high-quality designs.

• Maximize reuse of existing product designs and select optimal design approaches.

• Prepare hardware and/or software component specifications.

📊 Project & Work Package Support

• Act as Work Package Manager when required, leading a team of 1–5 designers.

• Track progress, timelines, budgets, and deliverables to ensure on-time, on-budget execution.

• Generate accurate estimates for both established and emerging departmental technologies.

• Ensure deliverables are completed according to schedule and all technical requirements.

• Work with configuration management tools and structured change control processes.

What You Bring

🎓 Education & Experience

• Post-secondary Technologist diploma or Degree in Electrical or Electronics Engineering.

• 10–12 years of related railway or signaling hardware design experience.

🛠 Technical Expertise

• Advanced logical reasoning and problem-solving skills.

• Strong knowledge of railway signaling principles and deployment practices.

• Proficiency in:

  • MicroStation / AutoCAD

  • SAP (Bills of Materials)

  • Configuration Management tools

  • Change Control systems (e.g., ClearQuest)

  • Microsoft Office Suite

• Familiarity with structured engineering processes and competency licensing systems.